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Urgent Action update: Bahrani opposition leader's retrial date set
On 17 October the Cassation Court rejected the Appeal Court’s decision to extend the opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman’s prison sentence from four to nine years and ordered his retrial before the Appeal Court.
Urgent action outcomes 09 Nov 2016 -
Bahrain: briefing ahead of Prince Charles’ visitPress release 07 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Two human rights defenders on trial in Saudi Arabia
Two co-founders of a Saudi Arabian human rights organization are on trial before the counter-terror court on charges related to their human rights work.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Two siblings sentenced to 5 and 7 years in prison in UAE
On 31 October, the Supreme Federal Court in the United Arab Emirates issued its verdict against Amina ‘Abdouli and her brother Mos’ab ‘Abdouli, sentencing them to five and seven years in prison respectively.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Ghada Jamsheer to plead for early release in Bahrain
Bahraini women’s rights activist Ghada Jamsheer, a prisoner of conscience serving the remainder of a 10-month prison sentence, is due in court on 7 November.
Urgent action outcomes 07 Nov 2016 -
Russia: Moscow authorities blocking attempts to resolve Amnesty office closure disputePress release 03 Nov 2016
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Russia: Amnesty International's Moscow office sealed, with electricity cut offPress release 02 Nov 2016
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Urgent Action: Young people arrested after publishing video in Venezuela
Andrés Moreno Febres-Cordero, Marco Trejo, James Mathison and César Cuellar were arrested at the end of September for producing a video for the opposition party Primero Justicia.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Activist's prison sentence reduced to 3 years in Bahrain
On 26 October the five years prison sentence against political activist and prisoner of conscience Fadhel Abbas Mahdi Mohamed was reduced to three years by Bahrain’s High Court of Appeals.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
UA update: One G20 journalist remains in detention as fifth is released in China
One of the citizen journalists detained for covering protests prior to the G20 summit, Yuan Ying, was released on 27 October and sources have attributed international pressure, including action taken by Amnesty International, to her release.
Urgent action outcomes 02 Nov 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Shawkan's trial adjourned until 1 November in Egypt
A Cairo court adjourned to 1 November the trial of photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, popularly known as Shawkan. He is a prisoner of conscience facing nine trumped-up charges and is at risk of the death penalty, if convicted.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Detained human rights defender on hunger strike in Saudi Arabia
Human rights defender Khaled al-Omair has been on hunger strike since 6 October in protest at his continuing detention. He was due to be released on 5 October after completing his eight-year prison sentence.
Urgent action outcomes 26 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action update: Mohammed Ali Taheri's whereabouts unknown in Iran
Iranian spiritual teacher Mohammad Ali Taheri, who started a hunger strike on 28 September, has been held incommunicado since 16 October.
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Death threats against Bersih organizers in Malaysia
Death threats are the latest form of harassment levelled against the Chairperson of the Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih 2.0) and other organizers, activists and supporters of the Bersih 5 rally, planned for 19 November, calling for…
Urgent action outcomes 24 Oct 2016 -
The Impact Award20 Oct 2016
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Northern Ireland: Nearly 3/4 of public support abortion law change - new pollPress release 18 Oct 2016
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New poll confirms overwhelming majority of people in Northern Ireland want to decriminalise abortionPart of the UK has some of the harshest penalties for abortion in Europe - women face life imprisonment in Northern Ireland. A new poll shows how the Nineteenth Century law is simply not supported by public opinion.
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Urgent Action: Detained opposition members risk ill-treatment in Ethiopia
Ethiopian security forces have arrested Aweke Tezera, Blen Mesfin, Eyasped Tesfaye, Abebe Akalu and Tena Yitayew for exercising their freedom of expression to criticise the government.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016 -
Urgent Action: Female detainees sexually attacked in prison in Somalia
For the past month, female detainees at Gabiley prison have complained of sexual violence, including rape, and other forms of torture and ill-treatment by the male guards at the prison.
Urgent action outcomes 17 Oct 2016
